Green Cars

How would you like to run your car for £75 per year. Crazy? Apparently not. Brighton and Hove City Council are set to install a series of power points around the city for use by electric cars.

In a £30,000 pilot scheme, 10 such points will be installed in the city at first, with more as a possibility if the technology proves a success. Electric car owners already enjoy half price residents’ parking permits, and so this scheme will add a further incentive to people to adopt the technology.

The Clifton Montpelier Powis Community Alliance (CMPCA) have often graced the pages of this publication for the various dubious activities of their officers. This year the organisation, which claims to represent some 2,500 households in …